Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-04-20
HISTORY OFTHE WEEK.

Senator Leland Stanford, also Presi-
ident of the Southern Pacific R. r. says, re-
garding the effect of tho 4th section Of the
Interstate Commerce act, upon the COM
merce OF San Francisco: 1.-THE literal en-
~forcement of the fourth section of the inter-
state commerce law would be simply ruin
GUS. 1t would destroy our commerce, not
tralia II all other countries where the
trade naturally comes to us by way of the
is but a small proportion, probably not
more than 10 per cent of our whole carrying
trade. 1t is upon our local business we de-
roads and be true of evey road that reaches
to the Pacific coast.
Springfield, ILL.,, telegram, 13th-The
remains of President Lincoln will be moved
tomorrow from the place in which they
rested so long in such profound secrecy, to
their former resting place. The general
public has not been aware that the mar
tyred presidents dust was not enclosed in
the marble tomb in the north hall of the
The memorial society will on
Friday hold appropriate services in the hall
of the house Of representatives. Th So
ciety has prepared a statement of the facts
in the case, which win 1be read at the SER
vices. This paper will reveal all the secret
Arrangements are about completed tonight
so that the remains of Mr.. Lincoln 9 an be
placed by the side of his wife.
At St. Augustine, Florida. April -.
fire destroyed the st. Augustine hotel, the
old Spanish cathedral, the Edwards hotel,
the court house, the Sinclair block, Cham
berlain's store, Mr.. Scott's residence and
Welter's hotel. The total loss is $3.50, 600.
T u ninety guests n forty servants in the
burned to death. The old Spanish
cathedral was just west of the St. Augustine
house. The roof caught fire and soon fell,
destroying all the historical relics in the
interior: The old cathedral was built in
up to the time of destruction.
Maj. Bush, paymaster u. S. A. who
was recently robbed in Wyoming of $500
by a h~ighwayman, having failed to cap
ture the thief or money, has called for a
court of injury. Gen. Crook has accord
ingly called such court to be held at Fort
Robinson, Neb., when the question will be
settled whether Maj Bush was criminally
careless in handling funds.
Fire Tuesday night in O%rancock
Virginia, destroyed most of the business
portion of the town. 1~'wenty-three houses
Including the Grand Central hotel, post
Office M a number of business houses,
were burned. There is no fire department
in the town and the citizens could only
fight the fire with buckets. Loss $50, O00,
insurance $4,000.
Fire broke out in the laundry room
at Sing Sing, N. Y, and destroyed the
upper floor and roof. The prisoners
behaved splendidly and worked hard to
help w the building.
On the 18th, a five story building in
Chicago occupied by J. j. McGrath as a
paper warehouse, was destroyed by fire.
Loss on building s350,O00; loss on stock,
10000.
A terrific gale from the north and
northeast has prevailed all over Nova
Scotia, but no marine disasters have been
reported so far.
On the 9th the Maumee Rolling
works at Toledo, Ohio, burned. Loss $780,.
COO.
Toledo, Ohio, elected the Repub-
licAn city ticket at the Monday election.